Welcome to The Loft Stage

The Loft Stage at East Ridge, a 938 seat state of the art facility, is home to East Ridge High School Band, Orchestra, Choir and Theater as well as the primary venue for Merrill Arts Center and many of our community's best fine arts events.
WELCOME TO THE LOFT STAGE

The Loft Stage at East Ridge, a 938 seat state of the art facility, is home to East Ridge High School Band, Orchestra, Choir and Theater as well as the primary
venue for Merrill Arts Center and many of our community's best fine arts events. If you have not yet visited the Loft, check out The Play That Goes Wrong,
coming this May to The Loft Stage!

Nov 30th

2021

Frankenstein 1930 Callback List

Author By Leah

Hello All!

Thank you to all who auditioned for “Frankenstein” this afternoon! Below is the call back list. If you are on this list, please come to the black box after school. We will be doing some more cold reads and some movement exercises. If you are not on this list do not fear, it just means we have seen all we needed to see from you. The cast list will be posted Wednesday no later then 10:00pm

Isabella (Bella) Bovtiz

Michael Edgerton

Titus Scribner

Sydney Segedi

Emma Williams

Ava Hattenberger

Grace Smith

Dylan Zeilinger-Johnson

Ava Cyr

Naomi Tesfaye

Anne Benjamin

Sydney Baxter

Hailey Engelking

Alex Doran

Erik Rasmussen

George Chalifoux

Thank you All!

 

Nov 18th

2021

2022 One Act Information Frankenstein 1930

Author By Leah

About the Show:

After years of secrecy, planning and research Victor Frankenstein is finally ready put his ghoulish experiment to the test. His creation terrorizes his friends, family and hometown. He and his friends must destroy the monster before it lays waste to the village and beyond

About Auditions:

All are welcome to audition! We are looking for actors who are ready to collaborate and scare their audience. Auditions will be held in person November 30th 3:15 to 5:30 in the Black Box Theatre. Callbacks will be held the following day December 1st 3:15 to 5:30 also in the Black Box Theatre. Actors will be asked to do cold readings of scenes from the play. Actors should fill out the audition form linked below before they come. If you are not able to make the audition dates scheduled please contact Leah at leahjensen17@gmail.com.

Audition Form 

About Rehearsals:

Rehearsals will be held either in the Black Box theatre or the Loft stage depending on the day. We will work 3:15-5:30 M-F with possible Saturday rehearsals  if needed. As of right now we are not planning on having in-person rehearsals during winter break. We may have a zoom rehearsal to do a read through and work on character development.

 

About the Performances and Competition:

Our first performance will be in late January. This show will be apart of the MSHSL One Act Play competition. This means that we will compete with other schools in our section for a chance to perform at the State One Act Festival. For more information about MSHSL OAP rules click this link here

 

If you have any other questions please reach out!- Leah

 

Oct 14th

2021

SpongeBob Tech Crew

Author By Administrator

Thank you to the crew for SpongeBob for the time you’ve put in thus far to make this production a success. Below you will find crew assignments for the performance crew. You must send me a message via Remind or an email to accept your crew position.

If you don’t see your name on the list and believe it should be, please contact me. All those that expressed interest in participating on the performance crew have been given a position.

Jimmy
Technical Director

Stage Manager Leo Ouradnik
Deck Captain Morgan Gilboe
Assistant Deck Captain Neela Estochen
Props Captain Haejin Lee
Stage Running Crew Kiley Tatarka
Aaron Claxton
Elizabeth Hong
Maia Nguyen
Sound Board Crew Riley Gisch
Caleb Doran
Pit Sound Board Crew Kylie Estochen
Mic Crew Elizabeth Hong
Maia Nguyen
Lighting Crew Ethan Olson
Alex Ireland
Video Crew Nathan Klimpel
Sharyle Hammer
Ethan Olson
Alex Ireland
Costume Crew Ava Cyr
Leslie Switala
Ava Duran
Anya Thompson
Ayanna Patani
Bee Bennicoff

Oct 4th

2021

SpongeBob Tickets Now Available for Purchase!

Author By Carlson

Tickets available for purchase HERE 

Please note: seating in the auditorium will not be socially distanced. Audience members are strongly encouraged to wear face masks for the protection of everyone.